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Judgment Day has come and gone. The predictions turned out to be just as reliable as any other predictions that were based on the Bible: not. Was this an exercise in futility or can we learn something from this event?

After a long winter, spring is finally here, and migratory birds are coming back to Toronto. We went looking for them during a birding tour at Toronto Zoo on the 12th Annual International Migratory Bird Day.

An ad I saw in the subway last Saturday grabbed my attention. It says that the Bible guarantees that the much-feared Judgment Day will be upon us on May 21. As a lover of science and evidence, I couldn’t help but take a look at the claim.

The Japanese cherry trees of Toronto’s High Park are currently in full bloom, a display you will not want to miss and should take advantage of while it’s at its most beautiful.

Manipulation of news facts and of pictures used to be a hallmark of Soviet communism. However, a Jewish newspaper has gone so far as to erase Hillary Clinton from a widespread picture.

Saturday, 7 May 2011, the city of Manila in the Philippines has attempted to make it into the Guinness Book of World Records by circumcising as many boys as possible.

Riverdale Farm, once Toronto’s first zoo, is now the only working farm in the heart of Toronto. It boasts a series of historic buildings, flower gardens, wooded areas and ponds. Its magnificent tulip gardens is now in full bloom.

Donald Trump, the well-known real estate developer and TV personality, recently jumped on the “birther” wagon leading Barack Obama to making his birth certificate public. Obama took it a step further during the annual White House Correspondents Dinner.